diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index 554b179..59e7012 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 12 10:08:53 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
+
+- Fix ethertypes ownership, should be %exclude, not %ghost.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 22 16:21:38 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 18a450b..faa43f6 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ rm -f "%buildroot/%_libdir"/*.la
 %files nft
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 # is provided by netcfg
-%ghost %_sysconfdir/ethertypes
+%exclude %_sysconfdir/ethertypes
 %_sbindir/*-compat*
 %_sbindir/*-translate*